CERN Beams Department

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CERN department organizational unit

The CERN Beams Department is the division of CERN responsible for the production, operation, and optimization of particle beams used across the laboratory’s accelerator complex.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
CERN Accelerator Systems Department	1
CERN Accelerator and Technology Sector	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	CERN department ⓘ organizational unit ⓘ
collaboratesWith	CERN Beams Department self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CERN Accelerator Systems Department CERN Experimental Physics Department ⓘ CERN Technology Department ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
employer	CERN ⓘ
field	accelerator operations ⓘ accelerator physics ⓘ beam dynamics ⓘ beam instrumentation ⓘ particle accelerator engineering ⓘ particle beam physics ⓘ
goal	develop new beam schemes and optics for future upgrades ⓘ improve beam brightness and intensity ⓘ maximize beam availability for users ⓘ
hasPart	Beam Department groups ⓘ beam instrumentation groups ⓘ beam physics and beam dynamics groups ⓘ controls and software groups related to beams ⓘ engineering and equipment support groups for beams ⓘ operations groups ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Meyrin ⓘ surface form: Meyrin, Switzerland
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
locatedIn	CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site ⓘ surface form: CERN Meyrin site Geneva metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Geneva region
mission	to ensure safe and efficient operation of the CERN accelerator complex beams ⓘ to optimize beam performance for physics and machine development ⓘ to provide reliable, high-quality particle beams to CERN accelerators and experiments ⓘ
oversees	CERN accelerator complex beam operation ⓘ beam operation of experimental areas fed by the SPS and PS ⓘ beam operation of the CERN injector chain ⓘ beam operation of the Large Hadron Collider ⓘ beam operation of the Linac4 linear accelerator ⓘ beam operation of the Proton Synchrotron ⓘ beam operation of the Proton Synchrotron Booster ⓘ beam operation of the Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ beam operation of transfer lines between accelerators ⓘ
partOf	CERN ⓘ
responsibleFor	beam commissioning ⓘ beam operation for collider experiments ⓘ beam operation for fixed-target experiments ⓘ beam operation for machine development ⓘ beam operation for medical and industrial users at CERN ⓘ beam operation for physics runs ⓘ beam operation for technical stops and tests ⓘ beam operation for test beams ⓘ beam operation safety aspects related to beams ⓘ beam performance across the CERN accelerator complex ⓘ beam quality and stability ⓘ operation of particle beams ⓘ optimization of particle beams ⓘ production of particle beams ⓘ
uses	accelerator control systems ⓘ beam diagnostics systems ⓘ high-performance computing for beam simulations ⓘ particle accelerators ⓘ
website	https://be-dep.web.cern.ch ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CERN Beams Department → collaboratesWith → CERN Beams Department self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERN Accelerator Systems Department

Antiproton Decelerator → commissionedBy → CERN Beams Department ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERN Accelerator and Technology Sector

Proton Synchrotron → managedBy → CERN Beams Department ⓘ

East Area experimental zones → operatedBy → CERN Beams Department ⓘ

LHC injector chain → operator → CERN Beams Department ⓘ

North Area of CERN SPS → operator → CERN Beams Department ⓘ